Originally Posted by
Scrodzilla
Until the chain stretches a little and you're right back in the boat you originally set sail in.
Exactly. My beater SS MTB for this winter's commute had vertical drop outs (CL trade, not great). Chain tension was perfect w/ regular chain at the start of winter. I was taking links out and replacing w/ half & whole links every month to take up slack... that and increasing cog size. Not fun.